COIN HANDLING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF DETERMINING INFORMATION REGARDING MOVING COINS - Patent 0686293

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EP 0 686 293 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	13.12.1995 Bulletin 1995/50

(21)	Application number: 94907637.0

(22)	Date of filing: 25.02.1994

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G07D 3/ 14^{( . )}
G07D 5/ 00^{( . )}

G01V 1/ 00^{( . )}
G07F 1/ 04^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB1994/000382

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1994/019774 (01.09.1994 Gazette 1994/20)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	CH DE ES FR GB IT LI

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Priority:

25.02.1993 GB 19930003833

(71)	Applicant: MARS INCORPORATED
	McLean Virginia 22101-3883 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	WALKER, Robert Sydney Camberley, Surrey GU17 8HT (GB) BOINTON, Richard Guy Caversham, Reading RG4 0ER (GB)

(74)	Representative: Burke, Steven David, et al
	R.G.C. Jenkins & Co. 26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ London SW1H 0RJ (GB)

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